The full text of Chris Dodd's speech is below the fold.
Iowa Caucus
Dodd's Post-Caucus Speech
posted by Matt Browner-Hamlin, Campaign Blogger on January 4, 2008 - 12:02am
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I'm settling into the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines, which is the location for our caucus night rally and results watching party. Staff are putting finishing touches on the room and I'm setting up for a night of reporting results to the online community, while the Foo Fighters are blasting over the stereo system for a sound test.
The caucus starts in less than an hour - now is the time for Dodd supporters in Iowa to go to their caucus location and stand for Chris Dodd.
Phone banking for Dodd
Organizing for the caucus
Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain
posted by Matt Browner-Hamlin, Campaign Blogger on January 3, 2008 - 4:17pmIowa's state flag reads "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain."
What a fitting motto for the state that tonight will serve as the proving ground for the Democratic field.
In little over a year, a new President will be sworn into the Oval Office. That person will be tasked with many jobs from Day One, but perhaps none is more important than the restoration of our Constitution following eight years of abuse at the hands of the Bush administration.
While Iowans spend the last three hours or so before the caucus pondering which candidate they will stand with, I hope they take the time to look at their state flag. Re-read their state motto. Then make their decision.
Only one candidate has made standing up for the Constitution central to his campaign.
Only one candidate authored a book this year about our nation's proudest moment standing up for the rule of law.
Only one candidate left the campaign trail to return to Washington and stop another assault on our rights.
Only one candidate has pledged that on the very first hour of the very first day, he will restore the Constitution of the United States of America.
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.
Iowans, the time is now: Caucus for Chris Dodd, because he, above all others, will use his presidency to not just maintain our rights, but restore and protect them. We know he will do that in 2009, because he's already doing it now, in 2007 and 2008.
So stand by your state's motto and please stand for Chris Dodd tonight.
